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Tupperware

[ tuhp-er-wair ]

Trademark.
  1. a brand name for plastic containers, used especially for food preparation and storage.


Tupperware

/ ˈtʌpəweə /

noun

  1. a range of plastic containers used for storing food
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Tupperware1

C20: Tupper , US manufacturing company + ware 1
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Example Sentences

Instead, he advises people to get a glass or Tupperware to contain it.

From BBC

"At first, I'll be honest, I said we should kill it and then everyone pointed out that wasn't the most humane thing so we scooped it up and put it in a Tupperware."

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She pulled out a large Tupperware box she had stored in her garage in Rancho Mirage after she and her sister, Lora Parrish, had cleaned out their mother’s home two years ago.

Combing through the Tupperware box of Titterington’s things, McKinnon felt the impact of a life ending so abruptly.

"Because we're older now, we're moving into crockery and Tupperware. The music is really just serving our kitchen line now."

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